Bubba Wallace Improving in Road Course Pace and Results
8 months agoFor most of Bubba Wallace's career, road courses were his Achilles heel, but he's been getting better at them. At COTA last year, Wallace ranked second in practice to his teammate Tyler Reddick for quite a while. Although he only qualified 11th and crashed in the race, his speed that weekend was the most he'd ever shown on a road course. In the last three road course races of 2023, Wallace finished 18th at Indianapolis, 12th at Watkins Glen, and 16th at Charlotte (where he had his best road course start of 4th), so he's been trending upward. His top ten start this weekend at Circuit of the Americas indicates likewise, even though he botched his final qualifying run and registered the second slowest time. Given that the Toyotas seem to be fastest this year and Wallace should get good setup notes from Reddick, he might be poised for his best road course performance yet.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference